# ES shuts down automatically

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-shuts-down-automatically/159716
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 6, 2018, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-shuts-down-automatically/159716 "2018-12-06T11:08:01Z")
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### Author: ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-shuts-down-automatically/159716/2 "2018-12-06T12:26:57Z")

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The pertinent error is the first one in the log:

```auto
[2018-12-06T10:46:59,286][WARN][o.e.b.JNANatives] [unknown] unable to install syscall filter: 
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: seccomp unavailable: CONFIG_SECCOMP not compiled into kernel, CONFIG_SECCOMP and CONFIG_SECCOMP_FILTER are needed
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.SystemCallFilter.linuxImpl(SystemCallFilter.java:341) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.SystemCallFilter.init(SystemCallFilter.java:616) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.JNANatives.tryInstallSystemCallFilter(JNANatives.java:258) [elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Natives.tryInstallSystemCallFilter(Natives.java:113) [elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:108) [elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:170) [elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) [elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) [elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:127) [elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) [elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) [elasticsearch-cli-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) [elasticsearch-cli-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) [elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:86) [elasticsearch-6.5.2.jar:6.5.2]

```

See here for further help:

> [@Unable to install syscall filter](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-syscall-filter/77251/2):
>
> see [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/22899](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/22899)

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